Harry Potter Back to the Past

"My cat, Anita, isn't a normal cat. More precisely, she's an animagus. She is Xymon's daughter," said Zneeze with a whisper.

"Daughter? He's got a daughter? He's still so young!" exclaimed Harry, unable to believe it.

"Xymon is Anita's godfather. Whenever Anita sees him, she jumps on his arms. If he doesn't allow Anita to do so, she'll scratch him. Gradually, whenever Xymon sees Anita, he just runs away because he doesn't want Anita to jump on him or to scratch him. He becomes very much scared by the name 'Anita'," explained Zneeze.

"Oh God, you see!" exclaimed Voren.

They all turned to look at Fish and Xymon. Xymon had stopped screaming. He was lying on the ground. They could see that Fish put her finger near the nostril of Xymon. Then, she jumped in surprise. It seemed that Xymon had no breath at all. Fish pressed the chest of Xymon a few times, but still Xymon has no reaction at all. Fish took a deep breath. Slowly, she lowered her head to reach for Xymon's lips. It looked as though she was going to perform the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Xymon.

"No!" exclaimed Snape and he jumped up before Fish reached his lips. Fish looked up at Snape in surprise. He sat down, knowing that he was reacting too vigorously.

"Mew." They turned their head to look at the door. A white cat with short fur has entered.

"Anita?" said Zneeze.

"Oh, dad, what happened?" asked Anita as she had turned back into a human. Upon hearing the voice of Anita, Xymon jumped up. He looked as though he was very healthy. As he woke up, he hugged Anita in his arms. He was normal again.

"I was just ready to check whether the Potion has choked his throat, but you jumped up and scared me. Luckily, he's well now," said Professor Fish, looking at Snape.

Snape was very embarrassed, as he knew he was attracting too much attention. Now Harry understood why Snape would take up the job of being the Potions teacher. All was because of Salty Fish. Harry realized that Snape admired Salty Fish.

Also, Xymon was not scared by Anita. He just cared Anita so much that he did not want people to say gossips about them. It was just because he loved Anita with a father's heart. He did not want Anita to be hurt.

That night, Harry and Malfoy had a little chat. They decided that regularly, they would come out in the night air to discuss what they were going to do to go back to their time. But still, Malfoy did not tell Harry what is in his heart.

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A week went by. Very soon, it was the first Quidditch game of the season. James was the Seeker of the Gryffindor team. Gecko, Zneeze and Voren were the Chasers of the Slytherin team. Snape was the Seeker of the Slytherin team. According to Sirius and Lupin, James always defeated Snape and Snape had no chance to win when he matched with James. He, therefore, developed some sort of hatred on James.

The first match of the scholastic year, Gryffindor versed Slytherin. The match was very much exciting. Gecko, Zneeze and Voren were always in control of the Quaffle. There was a funny scene. Whenever Gecko was in line with Voren with the Quaffle in her hand, the Bludger thrown towards Gecko always hit Voren instead of Gecko. Harry found that Gecko could really act as radar for the Bludger. She could always dodge a Bludger even if she was not looking at the direction to which the Bludger was flying. For Voren, she used her songs to scare away her opponents. That was quite effective. Whenever the Gryffindors heard her song, they fell from their broom. For Zneeze, she was even funnier. It seemed she loved the Quaffle so much that she did not want to let go of it. With the Quaffle in her hand, she flew till she reached the ring of Gryffindor before she threw it though the ring. From her expression, you may think that she was going to fly though the ring with the Quaffle in her hand.

Snape and James were still desperately trying to find the Golden Snitch. Harry, though he was not the Seeker, was also trying to find the Snitch. However, then, a Bludger flew towards James. Oh, it was too late for James to dodge the Bludger. It hit James on his head and James fell off the broom onto the ground.

Without a moment of hesitation, Harry stood up and raised his wand. "Accio Firebolt!" shouted Harry. Lupin, Sirius who was sitting next to Harry was very much surprised.

"Harry, you don't say you're going to..." said Sirius.

"Replace James," said Harry as the Firebolt zoomed in his hand. He had a last look at Sirius. Then, he swung his foot on the broom and kicked off from the chair. He flew into the air. The audience were shouting, wondering why Harry had done such thing. James was still left lying on the ground. However, the referee did not stop Harry.

As he entered the pitch, Snape zoomed towards him. "Are you mad, Potter? You've never received training on Quidditch! You've got no chance of winning me!" said Snape confidently and proudly.

"You'll see," said Harry, staring at Snape.

Just then Harry spotted the Snitch, flapping its wings over Snape's head. Harry knew that if he kept on staring at the Snitch, Snape would notice it. Harry flew high up in the air and dived. Snape followed him. However, his broom was far slower than a Firebolt. He, of course, was unable to keep pace with Harry. Strangely, Harry found that the game was not at all so dangerous just because the brooms of the other opponents were too slow for his Firebolt. He caught the Snitch without much difficulty simply because the others were still too surprised that he had entered the pitch. As he caught the Snitch, the referee blew the whistle. The game ended. The Gryffindor team won.

Swiftly, Harry flew down to see James. Luckily, James had just passed out. Harry could not wait for the teachers to bring James to the hospital because he was too worried about James. Instead, he just embraced James in his arms. He threw himself onto the Firebolt with James holding firmly in his arms. No matter how many people called "Harry! Stop it!" Harry just would not stop. It was his father he was saving. He knew that he must do it. He flew fast to the hospital wing and landed James on a bed. At this moment, the nurse, Miss Erica came in. "Oh, my dear, what happened?"

"He passed out because a Bludger knocked on his head," said Harry, very much concerned.

"But why is he carried here by you, instead of the teachers?" asked Miss Erica thoughtfully.

"Because I think my broom is much faster than them. How's he? Is he all right?" asked Harry, hoping to get the answer that James was all right.

"Don't worry. He just passed out. This potion is powerful enough to handle it. You two are really good friends. You do so much for him," said Miss Erica. She smiled secretly because of Harry's worried expression.

"Yap, very good indeed," said Harry, feeling much relieved since James was okay.

Harry held James' hands, hoping for his revival. Without any signs, Harry just fell asleep because he was really too fatigue.

"Where am I?" asked James as he woke up in the evening. "Harry?" He was feeling very much puzzled that Harry was holding his hands, sleeping.

"He saved you from the Quidditch pitch. He replaced you as the Seeker. He even caught the Snitch for you," said Miss Erica with a smile as she saw that James had woken up.

Harry woke up and saw that James had come around.

"James, luckily you've come around. Oh, I'll just go. Sirius and Lupin are waiting outside," said Harry as he raised form the chair and got ready to go.

"Before you go, Harry, I've got to ask you something," said James, without looking at Harry's eyes.

"What's that?" asked Harry thoughtfully.

"Do you have anything you wish to tell me? Perhaps why you saved me form the Quidditch pitch or why you replaced me in the Quidditch match? Is it just because you want to show off yourself?" said James, now looking up at Harry, straight into Harry's eyes. Harry was startled. He looked at James, not knowing what to say.